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CCIA meets in Brisbane with focus on Pacific regional priorities

Impacts of the climate change and the lingering health and environmental effects of nuclear testing on the countries in the Pacific region are among the issues to be discussed at the meeting of the WCC’s Commission of Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), convened from 19 to 21 February in Brisbane, Australia.

Erich Weingartner über die koreanische Halbinsel: „Frieden benötigt emotionale Beziehung“

Erich Weingartner, der in der Vergangenheit in der Leitung der Kommission der Kirchen für internationale Angelegenheiten des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) tätig war, hat ebenfalls als Vertreter von CanKor gearbeitet, einem kanadischen interaktiven Instrument für Nordkorea. Er ist Mitglied der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Kanada und war leitendes Gründungsmitglied des Verbindungsbüros für Nahrungsmittelhilfe des Welternährungsprogramms.

Erich Weingartner: “Peace needs an emotional bond” on the Korean Peninsula

Erich Weingartner, who previously helped lead the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, has also represented CanKor, a Canadian interactive resource on North Korea. From the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, he was also founding head of the Food Aid Liaison Unit of the World Food Programme.

WCC condemns attack at Hanukkah celebration in New York City

The World Council of Churches (WCC) condemned an attack on a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi´s home north of New York City, on 28 December, stabbing and wounding five people. Several state and local officials have described the location of stabbing as a synagogue.

The cry of the Papuans in Indonesia

The World Council of Churches (WCC) continues to amplify the voice of the indigenous Papuans in Indonesia, who are oppressed by racism and discrimination.

Concerned about the escalating crisis of violence, racism and discrimination against indigenous Papuans in Indonesia, a side event co-sponsored by the WCC was convened during a fall session of the UN Human Rights Council to discuss patterns that are oppressing and displacing Papuans.

ÖRK fordert von UN: Menschenrechtsverletzungen im Westjordanland und Ostjerusalem müssen aufhören

In einem Schreiben an die Hohe Kommissarin der Vereinten Nationen für Menschenrechte und den Sonderberichterstatter der Vereinten Nationen über die Menschenrechtssituation in den palästinensischen Gebieten hat der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) seine Sorge über vielen Menschenrechtsverletzungen und die aktuelle Gewalt im Westjordanland und Ostjerusalem zum Ausdruck gebracht.

WCC to UN: Human rights violations in West Bank, East Jerusalem must stop

In a letter co-addressed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations special rapporteur on situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory, the World Council of Churches expressed concern over the high rates of human rights violations and violence currently taking place in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Demolitions in Wadi-Al-Hummus “catastrophe for community”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel is reporting that nine homes in Wadi-Al-Hummus have been demolished, with at least two families forcibly removed from their homes, as observed by Ecumenical Accompaniers on site. Over 100 families were removed altogether and prior to the demolitions.